Sensex loses 41% in 2008

It was shocking day of trade for the Indian equity markets as the BSE Sensex has lost over 5%. Year to date, it lost over 41%. On January 1, 2008, the Sensex was around the 20300 mark and today it is trading at 11858.

Year to date, Realty was the worst performer sector among all sectoral indices; it slipped over 76%. Sector like metal, power, capital goods indices have lost over 50% from January 1, 2008.